First-round pick Alex Mack signs contract with Cleveland Browns early Saturday morning, READ MOREAfter Summer League stint with Lakers, Taylor Rochestie may sign in with professional German team, READ MOREKami Craig scores goal in USA Water Polo's 12-9 win over China at FINA World Championships, READ MORECheck in with Santa Barbara Water Polo Club at the Junior Oympics being held this week in Palo Alto: DAY 1 RECAP, DAY 2 RECAP, DAY 3 RECAPChuck Liddell inducted into UFC Hall of … [Read more...]
Wacky play in tenth lifts Barons over Foresters
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s a mind-bender just to try and visualize the play that scored two runs for the Urban Academy Barons in the top of the tenth inning on Tuesday, giving them a 6-4 victory over the Santa Barbara Foresters at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.Here goes nothing.Chris Lloyd was on first base and Jarred Frierson was at the plate with two outs and Matt Hutchison on the mound. Frierson slapped a ground ball up the middle and Foresters shortstop Brandon Loy sprinted to backhand it. After making the … [Read more...]
Pintard becomes Mr. 600 with win over Blues
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bill Pintard recorded his 600th win as manager of the Santa Barbara Foresters on Monday with a 6-4 decision over the San Luis Obispo Blues at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.The defending national champs do a lot of winning, but the ends don't justify the means for Pintard — winning has to happen in a certain way."It's important to me that they play the game the right way," he said, still dripping after getting the Gatorade dunk from pitcher Chris Joyce."The wins and losses really take care … [Read more...]
Zelko, Bowers bring home national title
Monday, July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The 2009 USA Open Volleyball Championships were held in Minneapolis, Minnesota May 23rd-30th. The annual event hosts approximately 500 teams and includes open divisions for men and women, as well as AA, A, BB, B, the age divisions (40, 45, 50,55, 60, 65, 70, 75 years old), co-ed, reverse co-ed, and Special Olympics. The Championships featured teams from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Venezuela. … [Read more...]
Foresters score 12 unanswered, secure sweep
Monday, July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The SLO Rattlers' offense had been in a deep sleep, going over 30 innings without a run until the third inning of Sunday's game. The Santa Barbara Foresters offense took a little nap in the opening innings, but woke up in a big way.A 2-0 Rattler lead turned into a 12-3 Santa Barbara victory, giving the Foresters a perfect 6-0 sweep of the Rattlers on the season and putting themselves 4.5 games up in their quest for a seventh consecutive California Collegiate League … [Read more...]
Langin takes third at USA Cycling’s Mountain Bike National Championships
Sunday, July 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
No one could complain that the course wasn’t perfect for a national championship event…unless they had something against racing without oxygen. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) notwithstanding, the course had hard, intense climbs that included plenty of passing room; gnarly single track descents; rocky, technical climbs and (if one had time to look) a beautiful backdrop of the Colorado Rockies. Lap times for the 9-mile loop were in the neighborhood of 55 minutes. The more … [Read more...]
Gauchos will start sporting Nike’s swoosh
Sunday, July 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UCSB Athletics is proud to announce that the Gauchos will sport the `swoosh' on its athletic uniforms starting for the 2009-10 season. Nike is now the apparel provider of all 20 intercollegiate athletic teams. Most UCSB teams will make the switch to Nike exclusivity immediately. Women's volleyball and the men's and women's soccer teams will be the first squads to play in all Nike apparel beginning this fall. "Grabbing consistency in branding and design is very important," said Director … [Read more...]
Griffin strikes out 13 in dominant performance
Sunday, July 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Pitching the day after a teammate throws a no-hitter is like taking the stage after Mozart.A.J. Griffin calmly went out and made like Beethoven on Saturday, striking out 13 in seven innings as the Santa Barbara Foresters shut out the San Luis Obispo Rattlers 4-0. Griffin gave up two hits in the first inning before retiring 18 straight SLO batters.The performance came just a day after Matt Leonard threw the second no-hitter in team history."I just went out there … [Read more...]
Westbury Wins Fencing National Championship
Saturday, July 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Cameron Westbury of Presidio Fencing Club is now a National Champion, having won the Division II Mens Foil Event at the 2009 Fencing National Championships held last week in Grapevine, TX.Westbury earned a berth to the event by first winning the Southern California National Qualifiers back in March. In Texas, he competed in a field of over 150 other qualifiers from around the country. He decidedly won the championship bout 15-10.Westbury is a 2009 graduate of Laguna Blanca and will … [Read more...]
Leonard tosses second no-hitter in Foresters history
Saturday, July 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Matt Leonard pitched just the second no-hitter in Santa Barbara Foresters history on Friday in a 4-0 California Collegiate League win over the San Luis Obispo Rattlers.Now he owes a few people lunch.First on the list would be the surgeon who performed his Tommy John surgery 17 months ago. Leonard needed a whopping 147 pitches to accomplish the feat, and durability was not an issue. In fact, pitching coach Dan Yokubaitis said that Leonard’s velocity increased in the … [Read more...]
July 14-21
Friday, July 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Local writer James Buckley Jr. ranks baseball's perfect games on SI.com, READ MOREEx-Gaucho Evan Patak gets in as subsitute in USA Volleyball's loss to Serbia in the FIVB World League, READ MOREBruce Brown will be inducted into Surfing Hall of Fame on Friday in Huntington Beach, READ MORETodd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser's quest for four-straight Manhattan Beach Open titles ends in the semifinals, READ MOREDuncan Riffle misses out on national title in Elite men's downhill mountain … [Read more...]
Reef & Run, Nite Moves Recap
Friday, July 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nite Moves and this year's new Reef & Run series completed the 12th of 20 installments in the weekly swim/run event season that runs until September 8.The Nite Moves 5k run was its busiest since June 24, with 264 runners participating. The top echelon had a major teenage presence as 18-year-olds Chris Braden and Matthew Bailey finished 1 and 2 respectively. Braden's winning time was 16 minutes and 21 seconds.Last week's winner, Ricky Ho, 33, finished in third but another 18 … [Read more...]
